Transporting-receptacle



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L. P. ROGERS 8T. J. HOFMAN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS P. ROGERS AND JOHN I'IOFMAN, OF ROCHESTER, NET YORK.

TRANSPORTING-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIlEICj-YIJIONy forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,321., dated April 14, 1891.

Application tiled August 30, 1890. Serial No, 363,544. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it nui/,y concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS P. ROGERS and JOHN HOFMAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Transporting-Receptacles, of which the following, taken .in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improved transporting-receptacle of the class set forth in our pending application, Serial No. 323,647, and our pending application of even date herewith, and has for its object the production of a simple and effective device into which perishable and other articles can be readily packed or loaded without disturbing the ice or admitting thereto an undue amount of air, and by which they are preserved in a fresh condition.

To this end our invention consists, essentially, in a suitable outer shell having an icereceptacle at its upper extremity provided with a removable cover for allowing renewal of the ice, and covers on either side of said ice-receptacle for admitting of the packing and withdrawal of the perishable articles. y

The invention also consists in an air-inlet opening into said ice-receptacle and air-outlets from the lower extremity of the outer shell through the ice-receptacle, and in the detail, construction, and arrangement of the parts, all as hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying` drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figures 1 and 2 represent elevations of our improved invention, taken in planes at right angles to each other. Fig.- represent a vertical sectional view taken on line fr x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a vertical sectional view taken on line y y, Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is an` sists of a base B, adapted to receive articles to be transported, and an upper extremity C, of less area than the base and adapted to support and contain the ice D. AThis outer shell may be of any desirable form, size, and construction, and is here illustrated as rectangular and provided at its front and rear with the liar-ing sides a., between the base B and the top O.

C represents the bottom or base of the top or ice-receptacle of our improved transporting-receptacle. As preferably constructed, the base C is held in position by the supports O2, which preferably` consist of tubes having their lower extremities c opening below the base B and their upper extremities c2 from above the ice-'receptacle C. In order to support the base C', the pipes C2 are formed with a suitable shoulder c3 integral with or otherwise secured thereto.

The cover C3 of the ice-receptacle is preferably mounted'upon the upwardly-projecting extremities c2 of the supports or pipes C2, and is securely clamped to thev upper face c1L of the ice-receptacle by means of thumb-nuts or other suitable clamps c5 mounted thereupon.

As in our previous applications, we prefer to admit the air directly to the ice-support and preferably do so by means of a nipple E, hav-ing` its upper extremity e opening on the outside of the cover and its lower' extremity preferably pointed and discharging within the ice-receptacle. IVe preferably mount above the icea shield F of desirable construction, and preferably formed of cheap netting, having its edge interposed between the face c4 of the ice-receptacle and the cover C3. It will thus be seen that the ice is supported within the receptacle O at the upper part of the transporting receptacle, and that the cover C3 is only removed for the renewal of the icc, thereby preventing the entrance of all air save that which enters through'the nipple E.

Opening within the base B of the transportingreceptacle are suitable covers or doors, whereby the articles to be transported may be packed within or removed from said receptacle, and, as illustrated and preferably constructed, these covers or doors consist of the flaring sides d. As best seen in Figs. l and et of the drawings, these sides or doors d are hinged at Ct and suitably secured by any desirable fastening means a2, here illustrated as an ordinary hinged tongue adapted to register with a suitable staple a3, with which a suitable padlock d may be engaged.

Opening through the wall of the ice-support are air-passages G, which discharge the cooled air from the lower part of said ice-receptacle to the upper part of the transportingreceptacle, within which it then circulates and thereby cools and prevents from spoiling the articles packed within the same. The cool air circulating to the lower part of the base B becomes slightly heated from contact by the perishable articles and then rises upwardly and passes from the upper part of said base B, through the pipes C2, to the outside of our transportiiig-receptacle.

As preferably constructed, the base B for our improved receptacle is provided with a corrugated or grooved lining l), which greatly strengthensrthe same and aids the circulation by permitting the passage of the air.

It will be noted that the outlet-pipes c for the heated air preferably pass through the ice-receptacle, and consequently, owing to their slightly -raised degree of temperature, create a downward current of the cold air within said ice-receptacle and greatly facilitate the operation of our invention and add to its efficiency and desirability,

H represents a water-trap in the bottom wall B of the base or holding-receptacle B, and composed of the plates H and H2. The plate H is provided with the downwardlyextending recess 7L, having the inner upwardly-extending notched collar 7L and the central opening h2, through which the water feeds. Screwing upon' the collar 7L is the cap H2, the lower extremity of which does not extend entirely to the upper face of the recess 7L. The drip-water is thus enabled to pass below said lower extremity of the cap into the notches of the notched collar h', and thence upward through the notches and above the collar 7l and outwardly through the passage h2. To admit of the ready escape of the drip-water to the ice-receptacle, the bottom board C thereof is preferably perforated. Then desired to transport perishable articles, however, which would become injured by contact with water, the trap H, as shown in our application of even date, is placed in the lower part of the ice-receptacle, and the water passing through the passage h2 is conducted to` the outside of the outer shell by means of a suitably-arranged pipe, not n eeessary to herein illustrate or describe.

This invention is particularly applicable for transporting fish, which are now usually transported in an ordinary receptacle, into which both tish and ice are packed together. Experience has demonstrated, however, that direct contact with -ice seriously heats and spoils fish, and in order to obviate this difliculty we provide the separate receptacles I, of suitable size to contain one or more fish, as desired. These receptaclesl or holders are then stored within the base of the transporting-receptacle and form a very efficient means of delivering fish, since one or more fish, as may be desired, are stored in their separate package, and the whole number do not lie together in a promiscuous and untidy mass. This improved receptacle is, however, highly valuable and efficient for transporting articles other than fish, and it willbe particularly noted that the same is simple, economical in construction, durable, strong, and highly efiicient.

The opera-tion of our invention will be readily perceived from the foregoing; but it will be understood that the same may be somewhat varied from the described construction, and that we do not limit ourselves to the precise form and construction herein set forth.

It will be understood that we do not hereinc claim a transperting-reeeptacle composed of an outer shell, an inner shell removably mounted within the outer shell, with a space between the two, an ice-chamber removably mounted above the inner shell, and openings in the wall of said outer shell for admitting and withdrawing the air, nor the combina tion with the aforesaid elements of a removable cover secured to the top of the outer shell, clamps for securing said cover in position, or a shield between said cover and ice-support, as the same are specifically reserved for our pending application, Serial No. 363,543.

Having thus fully described ou rinvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a transporting-receptacle, the combination of an outer shell, a receiving-chamber at one extremity, an icechamber at the opposite extremity, a base C for said ice-support, air-pipes having a shoulder thereon for bearing against said base and extending upwardly to the outside of the ice-receptacle, and an airinlet to said ice-receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a transporti11g-receptacle, the combination of an outer shell, a receiving-chamber at one extremity, an ice-chamber at the opposite extremity, a base C for said ice-support, air-pipes having a shoulder thereon for bearing again st said base and extending upwardly to the outside of the ice-receptacle, a removable cover for said receptacle, and clamps mounted on said pipes, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. ln a transporting-receptacle, the combi- IIS nation ot' an outer shell, a receiving-chamber at one extremity of said shell, an ice-chamber atthe opposite extremity, said latter Chamber being of less area than the former and extending` downwardly thereinto, an air-inlet andan air-outlet for said outer shell, and a passage between said chambers, Substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a transporting-receptacle, the combination of an outer shell, an ice-receptacle at one extremity, a receiving-chamber at the opposite extremity of greater Width than the ieereeeptaele, andan opening` into the upper part of said latter receptacle at one side of the fon mer, substantially as described.

5. In a portable transporting-weeptaele,tl1e combination of an outer shell, a receivingehamber at one extremity ot' said shell, an ieeehamber at the opposite extremity, said latter Chamber being ot' less area than the former,

an air-inlet pipe E into the ice-chamber, a passage G through the wall ot the ice-chamber for passing air into the receiving-chainber, an air-outlet pipe C2, extending from the top 'of the receiving-chamber through the ieeehamber, a movable eover C3 on said pipe, and a clamp 05 on the projecting end of said pipe for securing the cover in position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto signed our names, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses, at Rochester, in the County of Monroe, in the State of New York, this 10th day of June, 1890.

LOUIS P. ROGERS. JOHN HOFMAN. Witnesses:

M. BAXTER, E. A. WEISBURG. 

